Non-refillable bottle.



H. NATER.

NON-REFILLABLEBOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 22, 1908.

Patented Nov. 10,1908.

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HERMAN NATER, or CLEVELAND, onIo.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Application filed. May 22, 1908. Serial N 0. 234,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN NATER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles, and isspecially designed for use by manufacturers of or dealers in certainspecial brands of liquors, bitters and the like, so as to enable them toguard against the refilling of a bottle with 7 an imitation of theirparticular brand of liquor, etc. after the genuine article has beenremoved.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a generally improveddevice of this class, which will effectually close and seal the bottlefor shipment and for actual use, so as to prevent the unlicensed pickingor opening of the stopper or closure for the purpose of refilling thebottle with a spurious article.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a sheet metal device ofthis class, which may be readily attached and secured to any bottle nowin use, and which will be exceedingly simple in construction, cheap ofmanufacture, and efiicient in use.

With these ends in view, the invention consists in the novelconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure1, is a side elevation of the preferred form of stopper applied to anordinary bottle neck. Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view of the same.Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional view of a modified form of same. Fig.4, a top plan view of the preferred form of stopper shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 5, a cross sectional view taken through line 55, of Fig. 2. Fig. 6,a cross-sectional view taken through'line 6-6, of Fig. 2. Fig. 7, a sideelevation, partly in section, of the removably-mounted cup-valve used inconnection with the preferred form of stopper. Fig. 8, a side elevationof the improved detachable operating nozzle-head. Fig. 9, a crosssectional view taken through line 99, of Fig. 3.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all thefigures of the drawings.

The main cap, or body portion 1, is cylindrical in form and is adaptedto be mounted entirely within the bottle neck 2, as shown in Fig. 1, orresting upon the tip of the same as shown in Fig. 3, in which case it issecured thereto by means of a second cap or hood portion 3, of sheetmetal adapted to fit down over the tip of the bottle and be secured,clamped or sealed about the same, the lower portion forming acircumferentially-extending rib at for taking over the circumferentialrib 5, of the bottle neck, and, in the present instance, aninwardly-extending circumferential rib 6, takes into the annular recess5 of the bottle neck. Thev upper end of the hood 3, is provided with aninwardly-extending securing flange 7, which is bent inwardly and takesover a circumferential flange or rib 8, at the lower end of the sheetmetal cap 1. When the main body portion 1, is formed for insertionwithin the mouth of the bottle neck as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of thedrawings, it is preferably provided with an annular shoulder or flange1*, adapted to rest upon the tip of the bottle neck.

The main cap or body portion 1, comprises an upper or cup-valvereceiving portion 9, and a lower or valve-inlet portion 10, adapted toextend into the neck of the bottle.

The upper or cup valve receiving portion is provided about its innerperiphery with spiral grooves or threads 11, and the lower orvalve-inlet portion is provided with an annular shoulder or valve-seat12, terminating in a reduced depending portion 13. The upper or cupreceiving portion 9, is adapted to receive and contain a cup-valvecomprising an upper cylindrical portion 1 1,

.having its outer periphery provided with oppositely-disposed studs 15,adapted to take into and fill the spiral grooves or threads 11, and areduced depending or valve-head portion 16, provided with a plurality ofcircumferentially-extending radial inlet-openings 17. The beveled orconical shaped valve-head 16, is adapted to impinge or be seated uponthe annular shoulder or valveseat 12, when the cup valve is raised orlowered by the means hereinafter described.

The radial inlet-openings 17, are normally closed to prevent therefilling of the bottle, by the pouring in of liquids from without, bymeans of vertically movable valves which may either take the form of ashell portion having a truncated cone-shaped head 18., as shown mostclearly in Figs. 2, and 7 of the drawings, or the form of a horizontaldiskvalve 19, as shown most clearly in Figs. 3

and 9, of the drawings.

movable valves, a disk 20, is mounted in the cupevalve portion above thevertically movable valves and said disk may either take the torm shownin .Figs. 2 and 6, of the drawings in which it is provided with seriesof openings :21, or the form shown in Figs. 3, .and 9, in which it isprovided with a single central opening ;22.

It will be seen that the base of the truncated cone-shaped head 18, isprovided with .a central opening 23, having its periphery intersected bya series'of radial openings 23*, as shown most clearly in Fig. 5, of thedrawings, while-the disk-valve 19, is provided with a plurality ofradially-extending arms 24-, which abut against the cup valve bod-y andprovide intermediate inlet-openings 24?.

As (a means for providing .a suitable liquid discharge-head or nozzleand also for providing means for raisingand lowering the cup valvecarrying the valvehead portion 16, a nozzle-head is provided, comprisinga discharge-nozzle or dome-portion 25, having the main discharge-opening26, and a depending cylindrical portion 27., adapted to frictional-Ly-1it within the upper cylindrical portion or rim 14:, and when in itsnormal position, to revolve said cup-valve by means ofoppositely-disposed notched recesses 28,

receiving and taking over oppositely-disposed inward lytxtendingstud-pins 29, on the rim :27 ,of theicupwalve portion. An intermediateflange or milled rim portion 30, is for-med on the discharge head bymeans of which the latter may be manipulated.

When the cup-valve is raised by meansof the milled head of the dischargenozzle the liquid --from within the bottle will be per mittedto how outthrough the depending- ,portion 13, and thence through the radialinlet-openings l7, and into theannular-space 1 3 ,.the valves beingin-their open position by reason of the position of the bottle inpouring (see for example the position of the truncatedcone-shaped head18, of the valve i-nFig. 7), and the liquid thence flows out through thebody of the cup-valve and out through the main discharge opening 26, ofthe discharge nozzle. A stopper annulus 31, preferably formed of a papercomposition, is formed about the main body portion 1, within the bottleneck, forming :a packing to prevent leakage. It will also be understoodthat the form of cap or body-portion shown Figs. 1 and 2, is driven sofirmly home and is so firmly secured that'it will be impossible toremove the-same through the mouth of the bottle without so mutilating'or otherwise injuring the parts as to cause a detection of theunauthorized meddling or tampering with the parts.

In order to prevent the removal of the cup-valve, after the parts areassembled and In order to prevent any tampering with,' or unauthorizedraising of, the vertically-- placed in the mouth of the bottle, thespiral :g-roo-ves or threads 11, are formed so as not to extend entirelyto the top of the upper portion 9, of the valve-cap and the cup? valve14, is first inserted in the valve receiving portion 9, -of1the capbody, after which f the oppositely-disposed studs 15, are pressedoutwardly by nieansof a suitable instrument and into the spiral :groovesor threads 11.

In view of this construction it is obvious that the cup-valve cannot beentirely unsorewed or removed from the cap-body by reason of thetact-that one of the studs 15., will form a stop to engage the upperxterm-inal end of the spiral groove 11, thus :pre-

venting the entire'removal of the cup-valve.

said cup-valve and normally closing said valve-inlet portion.

21 A non-refillablebottle,;.comprising a cap body having :a cup-valvereceiving portion and a valve-inlet portion, a communicating cup-valvemounted in said valve receiving portion and provided with a valve-headadapted to closesaid valve-inlet portion, and a valve mounted in said-cup-valve and nore ma'lly closing the communication between said cup-valveand said valve-inlet portion.

3. A non-refillable bottle, comprisinga cap body provided with anannular valve-seat terminating in a valve-inlet portion, a cupvalveprovided with a valve-head sand iit'Pl'Llrali-ty =of inlet-openings, anda vertically movable valve normally closing said inletopenings exceptwhen m its elevated or open pos tion.

4. A nona'efillablebottle,comprising 2' body provided with an annularvalve-seat and a depending valve-inlet portion acup i7 valve threaded insaid cap body :and having a reduced portion provided with inlet-open 7ing-s and terminating in a valve -head, ;a valve mounted in said-reducedportion and normally closing said inlet-openings, :anda f perforateddisk carried n1-sa1d oup-yalvd above said valve normally closing said:inletopenings. 7 5. A non-refillable bottle, icornpgrisirigacap bodyprovided with a valve-seat terminating in a reduced valve-inlet portion,a cup-valve having a reduced portion terminating in a valve-head andprovided with radial inletopenings above said valve-head, and aperforated diskvalve mounted in said. cupvalve and provided with ahollow truncated cone-shaped head normally closing said inlet-openings.

, 6. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a cap body provided with avalve-seat and a depending valve inlet portion, a cup valve threaded insaid cap-body and provided with a conical portion having inlet-openingsand terminating in a valve-head, a diskvalve mounted in said cup-valveand provided with a hollow truncated cone-shaped head normally closingsaid inlet-openings, and a perforated disk mounted in said cupvalveabove said disk-valve.

7. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a cap provided with a valve-seatand a valve-inlet portion, a cup-valve threaded in said capbody andprovided with a conical portion having inlet-openings and terminating ina valve-head. a disk-valve mounted in said cup-valve and provided with ahollow truncated coneshaped head normally closing said inlet-openings, aperforated disk mounted in said cup-valve above said disk-valve and acommunicating nozzle-head removably-mounted in said cup-valve andnormally engaging with said cup-Valve when revolved.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HERMAN NATER.

Witnesses:

' O. C. BILLMAN,

H. A. BEOKELMAN.

